About Yuchang

Yantai Yuchang Machinery Co., Ltd., founded in 1998 and located in Yantai, Shandong Province, is a national high-tech enterprise integrating R&D, production, and sales of brewing equipment for spirits, wines, and fruit wines. With 25 years of deep cultivation in the brewing equipment field, the company takes the design and manufacturing of wine brewing and brandy/whisky distillation equipment as its core advantages. The independently developed "Charente Distillation Unit", "Armagnac Distillation Unit", and "Solid (Liquid) State Distillation Unit" are all the first sets of equipment in China, with technical levels reaching the domestic leading position, continuously assisting enterprises such as Changyu, Great Wall Wine, Beijing Red Star, Luzhou Laojiao, and Langjiu in producing high-quality "Armagnac", "whisky", and "brandy".

　　The first grape destemmer-crusher in China was designed and produced in 1985;

　　The first Charente distillation unit in China was designed and installed in Yantai Changyu in 1986 (a total of five sets);

　　The first whisky distillation unit in China was designed and installed in Qingdao Winery in 1987;

　　The first airbag press (shared by grapes and berries) in China was designed and produced in 2002;

　　The first diatomite filter in China was designed and produced in 2004;

　　The first piston pump in China was designed and produced in 2006;

　　The first scraper quick-freezing machine in China was designed and produced in 2008;

　　The first solid mash distillation unit in China was designed and installed in Changyu in 2009;

　　The first Armagnac distillation unit in China was designed and installed in Great Wall Wine Co., Ltd. in 2017;

　　The first negative pressure whisky distillation unit in China was designed and installed in Heilongjiang Longjiang Jiayuan Winery in 2018;

　　The first yellow rice wine whisky distillation unit in China was designed and installed in Zhejiang Guyuelongshan Shaoxing Wine Co., Ltd. in 2021.

　　I. Core Business and Technological Innovation

　　(1) Main Business

　　R&D and manufacturing of core equipment such as Charente distillation units, Armagnac distillation units, whisky distillation units, and Coffey continuous distillation units.

　　(2) Core Technical Advantages

　　Based on the intelligent control system, the equipment can achieve full-process automated operation according to process requirements, including automatic feeding, automatic mash discharge, automatic cleaning, intelligent extraction of heads/body/tails, and intelligent adjustment of steam and condensate flow through steam proportioning valves and condensate proportioning valves. Equipped with Siemens PLC control systems and touch screens, it real-time monitors the temperature and liquid level in the kettle, providing efficient, stable, and intelligent solutions for modern spirit production.

　　(3) Intellectual Property Rights

　　The company attaches importance to the protective role of intellectual property rights for core technologies. Currently, it has cumulatively obtained 6 utility model patents and 6 computer software copyrights for brewing-related control systems. All technical achievements have passed enterprise standard inspections. It has participated in the compilation of Brandy Technology and the drafting of the national standard Quality Requirements for Spirits - Part 1: Whisky which has been promulgated and will be implemented. The relevant technical indicators reach the domestic leading level, forming the independent brand "Yuchang" and occupying a competitive advantage in the industry market.

　　II. Market Layout and Cooperation Network

　　(1) Domestic Customers

　　Serving more than 200 production enterprises including Changyu, Great Wall Wine, Tianjin Dynasty Wine, Tongrentang Health Wine, Jiangzhong Group, Jinshiyuan Wine, Xiamen Ruyi Group, CITIC Guoan, Xinjiang Xintian Wine, Weilong Wine, Red Star Erguotou, Guyuelongshan Wine, Shanxi Yanmenwang Wine, Shangri-La Wine, Tianjin Yijuyong Wine, Luzhou Laojiao, Sichuan Langjiu, The Chuan(Pernod Ricard), Changli Longhao Wine, Shanxi Nanshao Beidai Wine, etc., as well as scientific research institutions such as Jiangnan University, Northwest A&F University, China Agricultural University, Beijing Agricultural University, China Fruit Research Institute, and Hainan University.

　　(2) International Market

　　Products are exported to Europe and America, winning unanimous praise from global customers for their technical reliability and quality stability.

　　III. Honors and Qualifications

　　In 2023, it was recognized as a "National High-tech Enterprise". In 2024, it was awarded "Innovative Small and Medium-sized Enterprise", "National Science and Technology-based Small and Medium-sized Enterprise", and Shandong Province "Specialized, Refined, Particular and New" Small and Medium-sized Enterprise.

　　IV. Future Development Strategy

　　In recent years, with the development and changes of the market and the reform of the enterprise system, our company has paid more attention to tracking international leading technologies, taken the market as the guide, and further increased the development efforts of new products for wine, fruit wine, and spirit equipment. New materials, new technologies, and new processes are widely adopted to bring the structural performance and appearance of products to a new level. As frequency conversion technology and programmable controllers are widely used in newly developed products, the energy-saving effect, automation level, and reliability of products are greatly improved. At the same time, in the future, our company will pay more attention to enhancing service awareness, with honest and thoughtful full-process services to maximize meet the needs of users.